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Re: Belt Drives

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Originally Posted by joeweber View Post
What if ?.... you used a 7 in plastic pulley on an 8 inch wheel than installed a .75 pulley on the CIM. This would be a 10 to 1 ratio and You could eliminate the gear box and have a quick robot. How wide should the belt be for this and would it hold up under the stress?
that would also be waaaaaaaay too fast (20 fps).

manufacturers will provide documentation to easily calculate the kinds of loads their products can handle.

Math, it's great stuff (the calculation for speed is also a quick one).
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